Travel Agency
On the first weekend after officially going to work, Chen Jin has not yet entered the state that Sister Ming said, "I just want to lie at home on the day off." Since the first week went very smoothly, all the entry materials were handed over, Chen Jin had a basic understanding of the colleagues he would work with in the future and was familiar with the work content. He is now very enthusiastic about this job.
I didn't stay idle at home on my day off, but went to the famous flower and bird market in Dongcheng District and picked out a lot of potted plants suitable for placing in the house. The flowers here are cheap, so I selected several kinds and planned to take them back to put in a vase.
Passing by a small street stall, Chen Jin saw seven or eight people squatting in a semicircle. He curiously went over to take a look and saw a litter of puppies. A sign next to them read: Free Giveaway.
I guess the dog owner can't afford to keep so many puppies, so he brought them here with the intention of giving them away.
There were people in Qiaodong Village who kept cats and dogs in the past. Chen Jin also liked cats and dogs, but her mother didn't allow her to keep one. So she would often go to the homes of people who kept cats and dogs to play with other people's cats and dogs. But ever since she was chased by the village chief's former big black dog and had to hide in a tree, she no longer dared to play with cats or dogs.
Looking at these soft little puppies, a little wish buried in Chen Jin's heart was ready to come out with a wicked grin, forcing her to face it.
But Chen Jin kept walking over. She decided to take another look. She had to pick the one she particularly liked and take it home to raise.
There was another pile of flowers and plants in the trunk, neatly arranged, and the owner of the bonsai shop helped to hold them in place. Not to mention, when I opened the trunk and took a look, it seemed like I had entered a small botanical garden, which was quite beautiful. When she gets home, I will definitely take a picture of her with my camera.
Speaking of cameras, Chen Jin also took photos of Meng Shengnan and Liang Xiaoyu in the days before graduation, but they had to pack their luggage and go home before she could take the film to develop the photos. So Chen Jin sent all the developed photos to the address they left. I don’t know if they received it.
After leaving the flower and bird market, Chen Jin drove to the rose garden.
The previous three days were the time for this year’s college entrance examination. Chen Yongan, the youngest in the family, finally completed the college entrance examination. Yesterday afternoon, my third cousin drove to pick him up.
She did not forget the gift she wanted to give to Chen Yongan, and she took the game console she brought back from Hong Kong with her when she went out this morning.
After taking the three-day exam, Chen Yongan overate and slept excessively, saying that he wanted to make up for the rest time he had in the past year. God knows how tired he was getting up early and going to bed late every day to study and memorize, and then having to attend half a day of cram school after holidays, but he gritted his teeth and persevered, and finally it was over!
He especially understood what his third sister said about “not liking to read”. Who does that? !
But his parents couldn't stand him using his third sister as an example, because his third sister always claimed that she "didn't like studying", but she always got high scores in the exams.
He and his brother are moving the computer from his parents' room back to the study. From now on, no one will restrict him from playing computer games! When he heard the voices of his third sister talking to his mother, he instantly remembered that he had not received the gift from his third sister yet! He wants to take his third sister to buy a game console immediately!
Before he could even open his mouth, a large box was stuffed into his arms. When he saw the picture on the cover, his eyebrows were raised in surprise. He looked at his third sister expectantly, and after she signaled him, he quickly opened the box, and then he exclaimed "Wow!"
Third aunt was so frightened by him that her shoulders shook. The next second, someone was hit several times, and Chen Jin laughed out loud.
It was a rare occasion that the third cousin was at home instead of going out to "explore the route" with his two friends. Chen Jin ran to the kitchen to find him and ask about the progress of the travel agency.
"Not bad. We have a preliminary plan and are working on it. We plan to buy two small vans together so that we can run two tours. Jiang Weijun and I will lead one tour each, and Huang Hao will be in charge of logistics and administration. We won't travel outside the province for the time being, as the roads are not that safe. We will only travel to a few nearby cities at most. Let me tell you about the two tour routes we have tentatively planned..."
After listening to this, Chen Jin concluded, "So your main initial investment is: renting an office and two vans. The office doesn't need to be big, but it has to be in a good location, with convenient transportation and close to the hotel. Let's say it's two hundred a month. The minimum rent for renting a storefront is six months, so that's twelve hundred. The other two vans, together, cost one hundred thousand. And then there are miscellaneous expenses, count that as one thousand, and you have to keep one or two thousand on the books for turnover."
"So, how much money can you three come up with?"
Chen Yongfei smiled embarrassedly, "Twenty thousand per person."
"...60,000 yuan in total, how dare you buy two cars at once?"
"Each of us can borrow some money from family and friends, and we plan to raise a total of 120,000 yuan. So we are looking for you to invest. You can raise 40,000 yuan, and you don't have to worry about the preparation and management. The four of us will each own 25%. Do you want to come?"
"It's only 40,000 yuan. Can't you just borrow it from your third uncle and aunt?"
Chen Yongfei joked, "I'm thinking about our good relationship. I agreed to cooperate with you before. I feel a little embarrassed to leave you behind now."
Chen Jin chuckled twice. How could her third cousin be embarrassed over such a small matter? His skin is thicker than a city wall.
Chen Yongfei stopped joking and said seriously, "Jiang Weijun, Huang Hao, and I are originally in business together. If I pay most of the money, the travel agency will have the final say in my hands. They are not very happy about this and have suggested buying a car and starting a tour for the time being. But this is too slow. I told them to let you join in, and they agreed."
"What's the difference between me joining in and you paying directly? You and I are on the same side. If something really happens, will I still stand on their side?"
Chen Yongfei felt warm at heart after hearing this. It was indeed his third sister whose elbows were always bent inwards.
"That's still different. You pay the money but don't do anything. And you've also suffered a bit of a loss. You paid more than us. If I took your share, it would be less than 25% for the two of them."
"Besides, Jiang Weijun and Huang Hao have a good impression of you and think you are quite sober. If we have any disagreements in the future, we can still ask you to pour cold water on us and make us sober."
Wow, she didn’t expect that she would get such high evaluation from her third cousin’s friends. For this trust, she felt that the 40,000 yuan investment was worth it.
Chen Jin thought about it carefully for a while and confirmed with him, "Is it really only 40,000? You won't ask me to pay more later?"
Chen Yongfei said, "120,000 is enough to set up two tour groups. Once we open the business, we will have money to earn. Don't you know that many people in Rong City want to travel to neighboring cities, so opening a travel agency is definitely profitable. But let me make a deal first. If we increase our investment in the future and you don't follow suit, you will definitely give up part of your shares."
If it is really profitable and reliable, Chen Jin will definitely invest more.
"Then you guys have decided and finalized the contract matters, and then I will come to sign the contract." She could still afford 40,000 yuan. The monthly rent for Xiuli Community and Qiaoxi Village alone was more than 8,000 yuan. Once the house in Jinxiu Community was rented out, it would be around 10,000 yuan. She can quickly make up for this investment from other sources, but if her third cousin's travel agency can really be established, this investment will be like using a small amount of money to make a big profit, so it's worth it!
She quickly finalized it, and Chen Yongfei said, "Okay, once it's finalized, I'll ask you to come over and sign the contract together."
The cooperation was thus tentatively decided. Chen Yongan looked at them, "Are you done chatting? Then why don't we play games together?"
In the end, it became a two-player game between her and her third cousin. Chen Yongan was so angry that he sat on the floor with a puffy face and glared at them, but they didn't care whether he was angry or not. Anyway, some of them had already finished the college entrance examination, and no one would tolerate him if he did it again.
While playing games, my third cousin asked, "Why don't you take some time to go check out your supermarket? It's almost finished restocking now."
Chen Jin shook his head. "I'll just go and take a look on the opening day. Aren't all supermarkets the same? With Miao Miao here, I feel relieved." Chen Jin asked again, "Did Miao Miao's father and stepmother come to see her to ask her for money?"
"They said Miaomiao lived in my house, and she had a share of the demolished items, so she had to give half of her share to her brother. These people only care about eating and not thinking, so I called the police and had them taken away. They want child support, but it's useless to sue them. They don't need to pay now because they are not old enough, and they can just give them some basic living expenses in the future. They wanted to cause trouble in my parents' store, so I asked Jiang Weijun to find a few people to beat them up, and I didn't hear from them after that."
"No wonder Miaomiao refused to accept the house you gave her. When she goes over there to manage the store, I will take care of her accommodation. There is a house that has been renovated separately and has furniture bought for it. It's just right for Miaomiao to live in."
"It's up to her. My parents said that we'll let her choose a house in Jinxiu District or Xiuli District depending on where she wants to live in the future. When she saves enough money, we'll sell it to her at the purchase price. Then she'll have her own house in the future."
From ancient times to the present, most people think about buying real estate when they get rich. The Chinese have a deep-rooted small peasant consciousness and are paranoid about land. It is now difficult to purchase a piece of land in the city to build a building, and the obsession with land has been transferred to the house.
It’s different to have your own house. Every time she returns to the small Western-style building or the house in Hanlin Garden, she feels like a tired bird returning to the forest. In other words, a house is a girl's best confidence. Because there may not be a place for her in her parents' home, and her in-laws' family may not treat her as one of their own. Only in her own house can she say loudly and firmly: This is my home!
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Chen Jin played games at his third uncle's house for the whole afternoon and had dinner before driving back to the small western-style building. Then he saw Shen Baichuan’s car parked in front of his house.
This time, he got a new car, a royal blue one, which matched Shen Baichuan’s temperament when he was silent. Like the sea, deep and unfathomable. But when he started talking more, he felt that this person was like a piece of warm jade.
Chen Jin boldly reached out to touch the car, and the feel was no different from that of an ordinary car. He immediately lost interest and turned to open the trunk of her car to move the potted plants into the house.
Professor Song and President Xi are still traveling and haven't come back yet, so let's wait until they come back before sending it over.
The room becomes brighter with a pot of green plants in the corner, on the table, on the cabinet and on the windowsill. I then cut the flowers I bought according to my own wishes and put them into vases. Several vases of brightly colored, unthemed mixed flowers were also placed in certain places on the upper and lower floors.
When your mind is empty and you look up casually, you suddenly see a potted plant or a bouquet of flowers, which can attract back your rationality that has run away from home.
Chen Jin doesn’t think she is a person with a good taste in life, she just likes to mess around. Sometimes it’s dolls and ornaments, sometimes it’s flowers and plants, and the next time, I don’t know what it will be.
She went upstairs to find clothes to wash up, and found that the closet was already eight-tenths full, with some clothes still folded, making it seem like she had more clothes.
Half of the clothes in my closet were bought from minimalist stores.
She rummaged around and found a set of silk pajamas that she bought last time she went shopping with Yang Qian and Lin Xinran. She stood in the middle of the cloakroom, looked left and right, and decided to take some time to rearrange her clothes another day.
Next week, when her aunt’s clothing store opens, she will bring her friends to support it.
She almost didn't wake up in the morning. She didn't know why. She went to bed at 10:30 and woke up at 7:30, but she still felt sleepy. She had slept for a full nine hours! Come back for an hour nap at noon...
My God, she spends ten hours out of twenty-four hours a day sleeping!
I am wasting my time in frustration and happiness.
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As soon as I arrived at school in the morning, I was notified to go to the Mingde Conference Hall for a meeting. All the counselors in the school attended. But Teacher Mo did not go with them.
Teacher He told the two new teachers who knew nothing, "Teacher Mo has been confirmed to be transferred to the South Administrative Building. The leader called him for a talk this morning, and he will probably hand over the student situation to Xiao Zhou in the afternoon."
"You should be more careful. You must check and verify the materials you hand over before signing, especially the students' files."
In the afternoon, because Zhou Ding took a little longer to check and verify the handover materials, Teacher Mo got angry at Zhou Ding in the office and said that Zhou Ding was wasting his time.
Zhou Ding looked embarrassed but remained unmoved. He checked all the materials in detail and found that some students' file information was missing. Zhou Ding did not sign the handover form, and Teacher Mo kept cursing at him, which eventually attracted the vice president of the college. I took Teacher Mo and Zhou Ding away and went to his office to talk.
Chen Jin sighed. Kind people are often bullied, and kind horses are often ridden. What a fucked up world.
Looking at Teacher Mo's annoying face just now, she wished she could transform into the sixth of the Calabash Brothers, become invisible, and punch him left and right.
The reality is, when this person walks out of this office, he can go to a better office.
Teacher Chang laughed at her, "What troubles do young people have that are worth sighing over again and again?"
Young people may have a lot of worries, but he believes that a young man like Chen Jin will not have any worries.
Chen Jin looked at the empty desk and finally realized that he had forgotten to take something when he went out. He smiled and said, "The young man forgot to bring the potted plant and was very upset."
The next day, when she arrived at the office, Teacher Mo's desk had been cleared. Zhou Ding walked in refreshed and said, "Good morning, Teacher Chen."
This was the first time Chen Jin saw Zhou Ding smile so happily since he officially started working.
There were only four of them left in the office. After Teacher Mo left, a total of three seats were vacant. All of a sudden, the office became spacious and the air became fresher.
Their office is on the first floor. The leaves outside the window help block most of the slanting sunlight. Standing by the window, you can see a pond full of lotus leaves and lotus flowers not far away.
Teacher Chang came to the office and saw that Chen Jin's desk had changed a lot. The potted plants, vases, and ornaments were all placed just right. He laughed to himself: young people who have just graduated are so busy.
This week, all the students who wanted to go home went home, and a small number of students stayed in school for the summer vacation. The end-of-term work summary and so on must be completed, and some materials must be sorted out.
Even though Chen Jin is the one with the most free time now, when she returns from vacation in a month, other teachers will be busy with the start of school registration, and she will then be busy. Not to mention attending freshman counselor training, freshmen have to arrange dormitories, meet people, help them get familiar with the school, hold various meetings, and undergo military training...
Although according to the situation in previous years, in addition to the counselors, each major will have two senior students to serve as class mentors for freshmen and they are responsible for some basic work, but the counselors still have a lot to do.
Chen Jin shook his head: Let’s talk about it when the time comes.
Another week passed in leisure, and then came her first summer vacation after officially working, which lasted a full month.
She and Zhou Ding left last. They checked the water, electricity, doors and windows before coming out and locking the door.
Zhou Ding said he would stay in school during the summer vacation and had no plans to go home. His home is in the next city, so it’s not far to go back, but Zhou Ding still wants to do other things during the summer vacation. He asked casually: "Do you still live near the school during the holidays?"
"Not necessarily. It depends on the situation." To be honest, Chen Jin felt that she had plenty of time when she suddenly had a one-month vacation. As long as the supermarket in Jinxiu Community was opened, the renting of the houses and opening of the store there could be handed over to Tian Miao. She was indeed very free. Considering the travel suggestions made by Yang Qian and Lin Xinran...
After returning home, Chen Jin immediately called Yang Qian and Lin Xinran to inform them: "See you at Wanmin Square in Xicheng District at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. It's time for you to help with sales."
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